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Postal Workers Hold Nationwide 'Day of Action' Oct. 1 in 90 Cities to Promote Vote-by-Mail, Demand First-Class Service Year-Round
October 1, 2024
WASHINGTON – On Tues., Oct. 1 postal workers who are members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) will be rallying with the public in front of postal facilities across the country to sound the alarm about the United States Postal Service’s...
APWU Maintenance Division Secures $15 Million Part-Time Regular Settlement Agreement
September 23, 2024
In 2021, the APWU Maintenance Division filed a national dispute regarding the Postal Service's violation of Article 7 section 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), specifically concerning the 2.5 percent cap on the total number of Part-...
Have You Seen the Video?
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
The launch of A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service featured the debut of a 2-minute video, “Our Postal Service,” featuring actor-...
A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
On Feb. 12, more than 60 national organizations joined forces to launch A Grand Alliance to Save Our Public Postal Service. The debut of the...
On the Worker Floor: Stickers and More
March 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
As negotiations began, APWU members on the work floor expressed solidarity.
Across the country members wore stickers on opening day that said, “Good...
From ‘Collective Begging’ Collective Bargaining
February 28, 2015
March 2015 marks the 45th anniversary of the Great Postal Strike of 1970. The courage and solidarity shown by thousands of union members during the wildcat job action resulted in vastly improved wages and benefits.
Rose Schneiderman Organizes Garment Workers in New York
February 28, 2015
Rose Schneiderman was a trailblazer for workers’ rights in the Lower East Side of New York City at the turn of the 20th Century. She organized and co-founded several unions, was a friend and advisor to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and was a...